NEWSPAPER - THEATRE ADS , NEWS ARTICLES & COMIC STRIPS

A Mexican newspaper advertisement for ROTJ in theatres. Typos aside ("petitition" instead of "petition"), it's a nice showcase of how was the practice of just collaging printed text over pictures quite common back in the day.

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The Newspaper of Science Fiction and Fantasy

1977 Star Fleet Productions Inc. (USA)

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Vol. 1 / No. 1

First Edition

Actual Size :  11 3/8 "  x  15 1/8 "

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This newspaper contains a "George Lucas Goes Far Out" article which was reprinted with permission from "American Film" magazine . It originally appeared in the April 1977 issue of  "American Film : Journal of the Film and Television Arts" .

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Inside Articles :

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Poster :

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Back Cover :

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Second Edition

The second run of this newspaper appears to have the same content but the font of the "Star Wars" print changed to resemble the actual movie font .

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The font on the poster inside changed as well :

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This comic strip was clipped from The Daily Democrat Newspaper in Woodland-Davis , California .

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Newspaper Merchandise Advertisements & Articles

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This ad was most likely clipped out of a 1978 Newspaper from somewhere in the San Francisco Bay area .

Star Wars Vymura Wallpaper Advertisement

Actual Size :  4  1/2 "  x   7  3/4 "

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Here's a article from the May 16 , 1980 edition of The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper that is primarily about merchandise .

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This ad was most likely clipped out of a 1980 Newspaper from somewhere in the San Francisco Bay area .

The Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack Advertisement

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Meet Dave Prowse !

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David Prowse appearance at The Galactic Starport in Union City , California .

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Meet Darth Vader !

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Here are some advertisements clipped from a Newspaper in the San Francisco Bay area .

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Star Wars Theatre Newspaper Advertisements

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Sacramento California Area

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San Francisco / Oakland California Area

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Illinois Area

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Iowa Area

Front / Back :

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Ohio Area

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The Empire Strikes Back Theatre Newspaper Advertisements

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Sacramento California Area

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San Francisco / Oakland California Area

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Illinois Area

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Ohio Area

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Return Of The Jedi Theatre Newspaper Advertisements

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San Francisco / Oakland California Area

Full Page Ad :

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Illinois Area

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Theatre Newspaper Advertisement

Special One Time Star Wars Trilogy Performance

The Coronet Theatre in San Francisco California on March 28th 1985

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Here is a Fan Club letter that announced the event with a "Last Minute Changes" note that added The Coronet Theatre in San Francisco to the locations being shown :

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For more information on this letter and other Fan Club paperwork see here :  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


Here is a 3 inch Pin Back Button that was given away at the Theatres :

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Star Wars Newspaper Comic Strip by Russ Manning

20th Century Fox & Black Falcon - Dist. By LA Times Synd.

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This is the full comic section of the Sunday , March 11 1979 edition of the Los Angeles Times newspaper in which , the comic strip written by Russ Manning , made its debut .

There was a special announcement at the head of the 1st page ...

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Page 1 :

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Pages 2 & 3 :

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The actual comic strip is on the top of page 4 ...

# 1 - Sunday , March 11 , 1979

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Back :

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San Francisco Chronicle - Friday , March 16 , 1979

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The Arizona Daily Star - Sunday , March 2nd 1980

Front page :

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The inside contained this Free Bossk Figure ad and a Empire Strikes Back Sweepstakes Entry Form :

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Back :

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The Post-Crescent ( Appleton , Wisconsin )

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NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS

From the Kitchener-Waterloo Record

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3 To Get Ready Newspaper Insert

Created by Bank Street College Of Education , Published by Media Three Periodicals Inc.

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This educational insert could be found in various Sunday edition newspapers from around the United States . The Seattle Post-Intelligencer , Stockton Record , Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and The Washington Star are some of the newspapers we have been able to verify but there are most likely a lot of others .

Vol. II No. 4 ( February 15 1981)

This issue has a neat R2-D2 parody cover .

***Coming Soon***

Vol. II No. 7 ( March 29 1981 Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

This issue has a neat Star Wars parody cover .

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Back Cover :

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Please Note : Volume II , Issues 1 & 2 ( probably other issues as well ) had the same advertisement on the inside as issue 7 ( shown above) . They didn't have any other Star Wars related covers or content however .

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This sweepstakes add is the one that Steve D. was talking about in one of his podcasts .

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Advertisements found in Sunday Comic Sections of Newspapers

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